Where/how to host a web site and database?
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https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
Extremely low cost, shared hosting but allows persistent processes. Can use MySQL databases.
Extremely low cost, shared hosting but allows persistent processes. Can use MySQL databases.
You could use Google App Engine if you are comfortable transitioning to a NoSQL database. Free for a certain amount of storage/accesses, cut off at your limit or pay as you go.
You can use hosted posrgres or mysql with app engine!
Good to know! I had no idea about that. I'll have to check it out.
does sql has a free tier access now ?
GCE does not do the free tier for most stuff in the same way AWS does, it's more like they give you $300 and let you spend it on whatever.
That said I think the cheapest sql instance type is like $7. If your project isn't worth $7 it should likely just be kept locally until it is ;)
That said I think the cheapest sql instance type is like $7. If your project isn't worth $7 it should likely just be kept locally until it is ;)
I'm simply using Heroku free tier for both hosting and database, which is PostgreSQL.
It is really simple to setup although you get some delay due to their "sleeping dyno" system. [0]
[0] https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/free-dyno-hours#dyno-s...
It is really simple to setup although you get some delay due to their "sleeping dyno" system. [0]
[0] https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/free-dyno-hours#dyno-s...
I use digital ocean or Vultr depending on how much memory I need.
I use cloud9 to develop on them and then host the app on cloud9 or Vultr too.
I use cloud9 to develop on them and then host the app on cloud9 or Vultr too.
Can you talk about how you use cloud9?
I link cloud9 up to one of the instances so I don't have to SSH directly. I can be on any machine and log into the cloud machines by logging into cloud9. The key etc is out on the cloud9 machine but not on the machine I am using at the moment.
I have a bunch of machines in a few cities so I don't have to keep all the environments at home and at work in sync.
I have a bunch of machines in a few cities so I don't have to keep all the environments at home and at work in sync.
I've had a good experience with 99cents.net's $10/year shared hosting on low-volume type stuff.
Linode.
What are people using?